It has been widely addressed by us already. But AMD created a lot of confusion by changing the specs for the OC/factory tweaked Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics cards. Yesterday we already reported that we would not launch our Radeon RX 5600 XT Gaming X review as MSI was still finalizing the firmware update.
MSI today dropped that new vBIOS, which we'll test of course, however, they also face the fact that gaming X models already reached the market, creating a lot of confusion. So they decided that the Gaming X model will retain the firmware with just the TGP tweak. And now create another SKU called the Gaming Z, which holds the new performance firmware + a GDDR6 data-rate increase towards 14 Gbps..
RX 5600 XT GAMING Z |
Boost |
Game |
Memory speed |
Core Clock |
1750 MHz |
1615 MHz |
14 Gbps |
RX 5600 XT GAMING X |
Boost |
Game |
Memory speed |
Original BIOS |
1620 MHz |
1460 MHz |
12 Gbps |
New BIOS for GAMING X |
1750 MHz |
1615 MHz |
12 Gbps |